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May 24th, 2012, 10:00 | #21 |
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I'll PM you to avoid derailing Andy's thread
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Paul - 1967 Amazon 222S B20 o/d Estate & 1961 A-H Sprite Mk2 948cc WANTED - For '67 Amazon estate - offside rear quarter, preferably new old stock. |
May 24th, 2012, 12:01 | #22 | |
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Perth boy born n bred Have also Lived on the gold coast, bondi and mt buller |
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May 24th, 2012, 12:08 | #23 |
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I'm from Ayr in NQ. Also lived all Oz over working in the mines. Lived on and off in Perth/Freo for two years though in the early 90s, I especially like Freo and just went back to Perth for the first time since I left to visit my sister and brother-in-law in September who immigrated there a couple of years ago. Hell of a lot more expensive now than it use to be.
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May 24th, 2012, 13:38 | #24 |
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Hey Guys,
Speedsnakes lady must be an angel. I bought the rear screen from the donor car just in case I break mine removing it for my respray. I travelled to Balham to pick it up and met this great guy. The reason his lady must be an angel is ......... Parked in front of his block of flats were 2 other projects of his, a VW caravanette and a grey vehicle (cant remember what). On top of that in the road was a nice looking restored???? red Mk11 escort. Speedsnake, tread careful with your lady mate, she most certainly is a diamond. |
May 29th, 2012, 13:28 | #25 | |
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Been there on a road trip from cape trib to the goldy years ago Yeah it's crazy expensive now - don't think I could afford to move home even if I wanted to.... We're over London life now but south sweden looks like it will be the next place I call home.... How long you been here ? Andy. |
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May 29th, 2012, 13:39 | #26 | |
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Cheers mate She's a good one for sure As I said before - she knew what she was getting into - its actually better now that my time is spent on projects here - I was working in the states for three years on a motorsport project and away for months at a time... So at least with all my current stuff I'm home each night... The mk2 escort 1600 sport and the 57 Vw Splitty are whats left of a small fleet of classics that I imported from south Africa. There's a part built mk2 escort rally car and a BMW e30 race car that's almost finished at my workshop also.... Plus a jap hot hatch and an lpg vito kicking around too... Something needs to go for when the amazon comes home that's for sure... Anyone want an lpg campervan or a nice mk2 escort ? |
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Aug 17th, 2013, 09:20 | #28 |
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This thread has had a 12 month break so lets Try to catch it up with what I've been up to on the Volvo front...
Firstly I got the 122s all stripped and I mean all stripped, I barely left a nut or bolt on that car Some pics..... It had a nice blood red headrest interior, twin carb b20, overdrive box, Simons exhaust and lots of other good bits.... All stripped out and loaded with scrap to go to the recyclers I know it may have been repairable but it really was bad underneath floors chassis rails etc I still felt bad...... But then I looked at the pile of parts I had and got over it |
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Aug 17th, 2013, 09:40 | #29 |
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Nice to see some recycling i know a 4-door will help an estate so its par for the course as loads of us have said the Amazon Estates are just so practical that they have been used as workhorses and alas need a injection of life pumped into some to bring them back up to standard but boy is it worth it they are so much fun and worth the investment i say keep us posted andy
will enjoy seeing more pics as the project picks up ...
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Aug 17th, 2013, 09:41 | #30 |
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I then did my best to throw the good parts at my estate and sell off the sedan only parts and whatever I didn't need to fund what I needed to buy...
Brookhouse supplied me with the Simons exhaust section that is estate particular so I could fit that with the engine... So after a lack of sleep, a chunk of money on a couple of old cars and some diesel plus a bit blood, sweat and tears I had a amazon estate in my drive with a twin SU fuelled b20, overdrive box, good interior, Simons exhaust, solid wings and front panel, working lights and a period roof rack that a found in Bristol... Just like that Easy really |
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